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NEWS from the Office of the New York State Comptroller
Contact: Press Office 518-474-4015

State Contract and Payment Actions in December

In December, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,605 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $3.7 billion and approved more than 1.7 million payments worth nearly $17 billion.

DiNapoli Calls for Long-Needed State Debt Reform

New York state has one of the nation’s highest debt levels, largely because measures to restrict the excessive use of debt have been circumvented over the years in state budgets. Since the Debt Reform Act was passed in 2000, state-supported debt outstanding increased by $25 billion.